abstract
adjective
thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.
has abstracted
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present perfectof abstract (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Boston Dynamics has abstracted it enough that Rayfield says the hardest part was getting the paintball gun to work reliably.
From The Verge ● Feb. 22, 2021
Supported by a flight of blue seraphim, God presides over an image of the entire world, which the artist has abstracted into concentric circles.
From Washington Post
The zinc has abstracted the acetic acid and the lead is deposited on the zinc, and will continue to be so until the solution is exhausted.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
By the ghost of Autolycus some pickpocket, while we were moralising, has abstracted our Lascelles!
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
Nevertheless, from the records of the Aztec civilization the author has abstracted the salient features of the life of their women.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Rouse Larus
